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People are really worried that Captain America is going to die a virgin (Pictures: Rex)

The first Marvel 10 year cycle is coming to an end, and it’s more than likely that some of the most beloved characters in the MCU will disappear from the big screen following Avengers Four in 2019.

Speculation has been rife that Kevin Feige and the rest of the high-ups at Marvel Studios are intent on permanently retiring some superheroes as the first chapter of the MCU closes.

In fact, they basically said as much in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War.

Feige himself said: ‘The notion of an ending, the notion of a finale, became very intriguing to us, in large part because you don’t see it that often in this particular genre.’

Something which was then confirmed by screenwriter Stephen McFeely, who added: ‘It’s safe to say we will say farewell to people.’

It’s quite possible that the MCU will soon see the death of one or more major characters in the Avengers series, and Cap could be one of them (Credit: Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures)

And while it’s far from certain who will bite the dust in Infinity War and live on for one more blockbuster, people are really worried about one Avenger in particular – Steve Rogers, AKA Captain America.

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Why would you be worried about Cap though? He’s had a good run, right? Survived World War II, got his revenge on Hydra, experienced the modern world and founded the Avengers… it’s not exactly like he’s not lived a life or two (granted, it does suck that he was frozen in the ice and everyone he knew and loved bar Bucky moved on and died).

No. What’s bothering some Marvel fans is something a little more personal about our Steve… is he really going to die a virgin?

(Trust us, the threads and forums are out there.)

Yep, basically, as far as we can tell Cap has never gone the whole way.

Despite being a Grade A hunk he’s never truly known the ‘touch’ of a woman, and that’s playing on the minds of some fans (Credit: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock Source: Rex Features)

He’s no stranger to some flirting, albeit in a clunky way (2012’s The Avengers is a testament to this as is 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier), or a kiss – hello Natasha Romanoff – but for all intents and purposes Steve has never done the deed.

Growing up in Brooklyn back in the Twenties and Thirties, society was a little different, and as we all know Steve is nothing but wholesome when it comes to the moral side of things.

And despite being turned into the one man army and walking beefcake that he now is, he’s never really managed to get any significant romance off the ground.

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His first shot at love, Peggy Carter, was madly in love with him, but was forced to move on with her life when the plane carrying him and the Red Skull crashed into the ice.

And since then he’s not had an enormous amount of luck with women; it’s something Natasha teases him about alongside Tony, but then again she also goes out of her way to try and set him up on dates.

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But, to our knowledge (in the MCU) there’s not been a romance for Cap that has managed to grow to full fruition.

Even Chris Evans has more or less agreed that his character in the films is a virgin. In one interview with Entertainment Weekly he admitted: ‘It’s funny when you think about it – he’s probably a virgin. He’s probably a virgin! I don’t know when it would’ve happened.’

All of this has led some fans to seriously wonder if Cap will die a virgin.

The main sticking point for the argument is that Steve could never really walk away from his duties as a superhero to ‘retire’ and settle down to a normal life.

He has always had an overriding sense of duty to stand up for right in the world, and to fight for it. After all that’s what got him selected for the Super Soldier project in the first place.

As Abraham Erskine (the creator of the serum) said to him: ‘Whatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.’

That being said there could be no way that audiences could believe Steve would ever walk away from being Cap, it’s part of who he is. He is Captain America.

So, the only way Marvel Studios could move on without the character would be to kill him off, meaning that unless something seriously saucy happens in Infinity War or Avengers 4 Cap could quite possibly die a virgin.

At least we know Tony won’t go into the great beyond having never known the intimate touch of another…

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